Margarito Flores proved key in helping the government putting Joaquin El Chapo Guzman behind bars after flipping on the infamous Sinaloa Cartel kingpin
John Rogers, 82, a Democratic state congressman of Birmingham, Ala., may have his bond revoked as federal prosecutors say he violated the conditions of his bond by attempting to contact a key witness a week after his arraignment.
CHICAGO — When Armando Flores’ powerful drug-trafficking brothers decided to flip on the Sinaloa Cartel and its notorious boss, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Flores knew he had to get out of Mexico. He had gotten married and put down roots there after being deported in 2003, his attorney said in court Wednesday. But it was a dangerous place for family members of cooperators. So he came back, with .
Armando Flores, the brother of Margarito and Pedro Flores, admitted to hiding $2.3 million of the twins’ drug proceeds under his back porch in Texas. He got “time served” for the 19 months he spent in jail.
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